EVIL


Meaning of EVIL in English

n. 25B6; adjective

an evil deed : WICKED, bad, wrong, immoral, sinful, foul, vile, dishonourable, corrupt, iniquitous, depraved, villainous, nefarious, vicious, malicious; malevolent, sinister, demonic, devilish, diabolical, fiendish, dark; monstrous, shocking, despicable, atrocious, heinous, odious, contemptible, horrible, execrable; informal low-down, dirty.

an evil spirit : HARMFUL, hurtful, injurious, detrimental, deleterious, inimical, bad, mischievous, pernicious, malignant, malign, baleful; destructive, ruinous.

evil weather : UNPLEASANT, disagreeable, nasty, horrible, foul, filthy, vile, inclement.

good, beneficial, pleasant.

25B6; noun

the evil in our midst : WICKEDNESS, bad, badness, wrongdoing, sin, immorality, vice, iniquity, degeneracy, corruption, depravity, villainy, nefariousness, malevolence; formal turpitude.

nothing but evil would ensue : HARM, pain, misery, sorrow, suffering, trouble, disaster, misfortune, catastrophe, affliction, woe, hardship.

the evils of war : ABOMINATION, atrocity, obscenity, outrage, enormity, crime, monstrosity, barbarity.

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